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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382329) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Oct 24

We had the pleasure of listening to a steelband last Friday. The players, called pannists, were all originally from Trinidad and/or Tobago where the instrument was first created. It’s now officially recognised as the country's...

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Dancing the night away - or maybe just listening

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382329) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Oct 24

Last Friday, we went to the clubhouse for ‘Happy Hour’ as it is sometimes called, although it lasts much more than an hour. Most order fish and chips or pizza. These two shops are next to each other about ten minutes away. A...

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Old time Calypso

Mantohave @Mantohave (83) • Trinidad And Tobago 18 Jul 13

Here in Trinidad in the Caribbean you often hear old time calypsos on the radio which is the old time ballards of Trinidad and I remember the times and places in this music. The singers give names and times and events and...

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Can Trinidad and Tobago become the next Singapore?

dkh803 @dkh803 (66) • United States 15 Jul 10

In the early 1990s I remember ever time I'd read the Singapore Straits Times I would see that some group from the United Arab Emirates was visiting Singapore to learn about how the city state had grown it's economy. Now I'm...

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My Life Part 1

Bluntress @Bluntress (85) • United States 1 Mar 10

One day I hate my life and I hated everything about life because I was with someone who made me feel as I was not worthy of the skin that I was living in. But one day I met another human being one who never judged and just...

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Can i receive my earnings if i live in Trinidad and Tobago?

loverboyflex @loverboyflex (46) • Trinidad And Tobago 23 Nov 09

Can i receive my earnings if i live in Trinidad and Tobago? I have a paypal account, but i'm just not sure. Can anyone help me?

carnival lyrics

trinihd @trinihd (996) • United States 14 Feb 08

"We got de base to tear it up and make people jump, we got d vibe to lift it up and do what we want, hold on de pace and keep it up and doh make it drop, cause when we start, we goin' long like we doh wah stop, oh!" This is from...

true vintage calypso

trinihd @trinihd (996) • United States 1 Feb 08

In case you want an example of what is truly vintage calypso, look for recordings by The Mighty Sparrow or Lord Kitchener (aka Kitchener) or Shadow or Valentino. These are true vintage recordings! Some people misappropriate the...

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a public service message for the holiday!

trinihd @trinihd (996) • United States 22 Oct 07

Mr. Gentleman, you is to drink, I is to drive Yuh understand what ah sayin'? But yuh tellin me to drink, doh frighten you go drive and two ah we drinkin'. I am de designated drinker You is de designated driver If you know yuh...

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What do u feel about the crime rate in Trinidad and Tobago

somebodybig @somebodybig (941) 3 Jun 07

Crime has taken over the small island of Trinidad in the carribean.I once saw a guy running on the street after another guy with a gun in his hand.I was shocked!!!People are shot on a daily basis now.A JP was shot in his house...

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Cricket in the Carribean - $1Million

Kylalynn @Kylalynn (1771) • South Africa 17 Mar 07

Wow, did you see Herschell Gibbs in yesterday game. I am not a cricket fundi, but that was a great moment when he got 6 sixes in a row. He will go down in history for that. Plus he won $1million for his favourite charity.

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Today is Carnival Friday in my country

Akeela @Akeela (2078) • Trinidad And Tobago 16 Feb 07

It's Carnival the greatest show ON Earth!! Yes there are pretty costumes old time mass, like sailors and apache indian. It orginates form slavery where the slaves use to imitate the "master" an it evolve. Do you have this in your...

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His first concert

trinihd @trinihd (996) • United States 14 Feb 07

I don't know how I feel about Bunji merging with Brass festival this year because he promised something really special for the fans, and Brass usually is quite wild...I don't know how it will work out...but I definitely want to go...

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shivanm @shivanm (211) • Trinidad And Tobago 7 Dec 06

Are there anyone on MYLOT who lives in Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies?

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Trinidad Carnival

blaquekaktus @blaquekaktus (14) • Grenada 21 Nov 06

Anyone going to trinidad Carnival 2007?

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where you from? Anyone from Trinidad?

mel123 @mel123 (39) • Trinidad And Tobago 25 Aug 06

Lookinf for someone who lives in trinidad. It would be nice to know that I am Not the only one from Trinidad here.

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